Monday, April 27, 2009

Victory gardens!

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Self-reliance is promoted by governments in hard economic times, especially during times of war when food may be rationed.

In the United States, citizens have been urged to grow "victory gardens" or "war gardens" at least as far back as World War I.

Here are some of the materials available to those interested in these self-help, do-it-yourself gardening movements:

Online digitized e-books:

Materials in UW-Madison Libraries

2 comments:

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